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Core Infrastructure

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New command to inverse a file

We would like to have a DFSORT utility to easily invert a file, so the records to become columns and the opposite (like matrix inversion). Input example: ABC123 output: A1 B2 C3 Kind regards Konstantinos
8 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Needs more information

ISPF editor: New move command to move a column in file/member.

We want to move columns to another position. Example: Command ===> MVC 7 8 13 Move columns 7-8 to position 13 Example for input 11 12 13 1421 22 23 2431 32 33 2541 42 44 45 Output of MVC 7 8 13: 11 12 14 1321 22 24 2331 32 25 3341 42 45 44 Kind...
8 days ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Submitted

Listuser command allows for 'enumeriation' of valid userids

As seen below. When one does a "LU <EXISTING USER>" you get the message : "NOT AUTHORIZED TO LIST IBMUSER"When the user it not present on the system, you get the message "UNABLE TO LOCATE USER ENTRY NOTHERE" It would be better if the reply i...
5 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Support DFSMSrmm Search Owner

Today in DFSMSrmm there is the ability to search for all records except for owner records. In an environment using DFSMSrmm since years there are a lot of obsolete owner records, but a customer/user is not able to find out this records. For every ...
3 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Under review

Edit line command to insert blank lines

Faster and fewer key strokes
8 days ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Submitted

Provide consistent easy RCF link from all formats

Provide an easy way to submit reader comments, consistent between the HTML and PDF versions, with adequate instructions. Currently the PDF versions link to a documentation page that does not have an obvious link for reader comments.
2 months ago in z/OS / Documentation 2 Not under consideration

zopen utilities as part of standard USS

Make the zopen utilties part of BCP. This way everybody will have it 'on their system' My suggestion is to put all 'that cool stuff' in /zopen There's nothing more to it to be honest ;) You might wanna start with a POC-trial-run in the next ADCD d...
2 months ago in z/OS / General 0 Under review

Usage of the "Common Plattform Enumeration" (CPE) for IBM Products in the "IBM Z an LinuxOne Security Portal" within Resource link

Given that vulnerability and patch management is not only a concern of the z ecosystem in an organization, the software to manage vulnerability data should be able to handle sources and vulnerabilities for multiple platforms. Therefore a standardi...
11 months ago in z/OS / General 5 Not under consideration

Describe the catalog mapping information for capacity estimation

When we migrated the sequential data sets to SMS environment, the user catalog ran out of space, and many batch jobs were ABEND. This was due to an increase in the size of catalog entries due to the use of a maximum of 59 for the Volume Count of ...
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Planned for future release

zOSMF - NCA - Add Description as comments to generated Policy

It would be great if the Description added to the 'Address Groups' (for all policies) would be added to the generated policy, as a comment. This would help when one is checking the installed policy to have more context for the used/installed 'Addr...
10 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

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